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The Arts Hour: Director Carrie Cracknell

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09/07/2022 GMT

Director Carrie Cracknell

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Steve Carrell on Minions, Bono on longevity, Live music from Burna Boy

Nikki Bedi hears from Carrie Cracknell who talks about her new adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Pakistani-born writer Kamila Shamsie and Jordanian filmmaker Darin J Sallam.

Hollywood star Steve Carrell about his decision to become an actor.
 
U2's Bono tells us how the band has stayed together for nearly fifty years....and how did he get that name? 
 
Hollywood actor Ethan Hawke talks about his role in the supernatural thriller The Black Phone   
 
The Pakistani-born writer Kamila Shamsie discusses the importance of creating a sense of place 
 
Jordanian filmmaker Darin J Sallam tells us about her film set in a small Palestinian village in 1948 
 
And live music from Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy 
 
Nikki is joined by film and theatre director Carrie Cracknell, talking about her new big screen adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Persuasion and by critic, podcaster and cultural commentator Leila Latif.  

(Main Image:  Carrie Cracknell.  Photo credit:  Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images)

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